Trading Nations - Jews and Venetians in the Early Modern Eastern Mediterranean

This book deals with the intricate, and often uneasy relationship which developed between Jews and Venetians, as they struggled to cope with the changing realities of the sixteenth-century Mediterranean world.
The fruit of many years of research in the Venetian archives, this volume explores undiscovered aspects of Mediterranean history regarding the involvement of Venetians and Jews in the international maritime trade, Venetian attitudes towards Jews, the impact of Venetian-Ottoman contention on the relationship between Jews and Venetians, and more.
The unfolding of this relationship reveals new perspectives on the history of sixteenth-century Venice, on the social and economic history of the Jews, and on the history of the Ottoman Empire in its prime.

About the author

Benjamin Arbel, Ph.D. (1982) in History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is Associate Professor of early modern history at the School of History of Tel Aviv University, His publications deal with different aspects of Venetian presence in the eastern Mediterranean.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Arbel
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9789004100572
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10057-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 246 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Brill's Jewish Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism